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I have just figured out something about a trope or repeating plot point and a lot of of these Chinese shorts. A lot of the men are 30 year-old virgins. They are very rich and are almost always obsessed with a girl from their past who saved their lives and are saving themselves for them.
I feel like I’m about to enter intellectual territory that has already been mapped. I’m wondering who has written about disability representation and soap operas? I need to go do some research… but I’m probably just going to watch another film instead!
I continue to enjoy the warehouse model aesthetics of these shorts that are all obviously being filmed in similar locations with a similar body of actors wearing similar costumes. this was also a law drama so I got to see a fun Chinese “courtroom”. Better than the hospital!
Love Beyond Boundaries was interesting because it gender flipped the problematic propaganda of encouraging age disparate relationships. I’m not against them but these films have an agenda and it’s creepy. They are almost exclusively older men with young women and that’s treated as an ideal.
These Chinese soap operas are not showing a lot of skin with the plots and illusions are deeply kinky. On more than one occasion I have decoded some of the imagery and had to throw my phone down in shock and getting the ick. But then I watch another one cause I wanna write an essay about this
She’s feeling sorry for herself after the doctors diagnosis and drinks too much, she’s a beautiful young man weeping and propositions him. She immediately runs away from him because what she just did was outrageous and goes to check into a hotel, but he follows her there…
Our main female disabled protagonist hooks up with a teenager! He’s 19 everyone so it’s totally legal. Also she’s 29… And they are both virgins. These films are set in a strangely conservative chaste society where good folks generally don’t do it out of wedlock.
I cannot stop watching these Chinese soap operas. Their problematic on multiple levels but I’m fascinated by what they are. They remind me of the American soap operas I grew up with. This show “love beyond boundaries” features a female disabled protagonist who Spoiler Alert cures herself with love.
In this morning’s EarlyWords.io liberation meditation I read an excerpt from on Walden Pond from Henry David Thoreau and I was not inspired. Except for one line— “let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine”
This is the speech Love, law, and civil disobedience! By rev dr Martin Luther King Jr. bigfatgenius.com/2220%20Fall%...
There’s no such thing as an overnight success especially with those with generational wealth and privilege
These choices are all about saving money. And for some reason, I enjoy the cheesy clunky aesthetics of their cost saving choices.
I say terrible Chinese soap operas because it’s a bad interface, and it’s full of some terrible ideas and I found some content that seemed to be American on the platform as well. So this is not any type of commentary on China – in fact there are some cultural specificity that I love in the videos.
I like —that every video has the same music playing as the soundtrack.That the narrative choices are broad. The repetitive extra sound effects to indicate mood or emotion. The heightened reality moments. Good actors you see in a variety of roles. that every video is the same but different
Possibly it’s grooming or indoctrination narrative forms created to give people a taste for abusive situations and give them the idea that they should romanticize it. Earlier today I watched a video where the guy didn’t know the girl hadn’t hurt him and he really loved her so she forgave him-yuck
Is the audience for this women? I don’t think it’s a pleasant fantasy for women but it is maybe one if you are actively being abused… And inside a repressive hetero sexist patriarchal culture possibly this is offered as a fantasy for those with limited expectations.
In this last one I enjoyed that a chronic illness flare was a moment that saved the emperor from some court drama getting drugged by a Corazza that wanted to rape him with drugs. This is also a frequent plot point in a lot of of these videos!
Sometimes I get a hyper fixation where I feel like I need to understand some piece of digital landscape or media content fully and in so doing I figure out that it’s dangerous and awful. But I find it difficult to stop watching it but I don’t think there’s more to learn.
In where the last love resides we got to witness a woman being tortured by a dude and a bunch of women in an imperial court in feudal China. This is a similar plot point to almost every video I have seen on this app. I’m trying to figure out who the audience for this is supposed to be
I just watched where the Last Love Resides in 69 three minute installments. Looking away from the screen and being forced to look back to click tiny buttons in advertisements that feel designed to trick me and accidentally activating something into my phone. It’s almost like a video game avoiding it
I wonder if it’s because I came up on media that was sometimes a very small screen and I’m yearning for that experience as I read subtitles on my cell phone. The interface is concerning and I think it might be filling my phone with spyware. And yet I keep scrolling
I can’t stop watching these terrible Chinese soap operas. I say they’re terrible because the content is disturbing and I think it’s being offered to me like it should be positive? And yet I find the interface addictive. I’m sure it was designed to be that way
We talked about how categories of excellence under supremacy culture are produced by creating categories of exclusion. We talked about segregation in sports and how folks will act like a marginalized person stole what they have because it’s supposed to belong to someone with more power.
We talked about the denial at the core of supremacy culture and how it’s maintained through performances of innocence and ignorance. Jelena claibs to have naver been racist in her entire life. Heavy sigh. Gigantic eye rolls to that. www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
If a marginalized person complains about harm there’s an expectation that we are going to solve the problem we’ve identified. So Taylor had to perform that they were unharmed by Jelenas remarks and moving on. andscape.com/features/tay...
We talked about behavioral expectations from marginalized people under supremacy culture. Taylor had to defend themselves while not seeming aggressive. This is gendered and racialized expectation for the people who are being harmed. Were supposed to solve it www.usatoday.com/videos/sport...
Today’s early words liberation meditation was a freestyle reflection on the exchange between Taylor Townsend and Jalena O in a tennis match where Janae did a racialized insult and there were heavily gendered aspects to the conflict. www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/s...
I still love the Star Trek I don’t like
Any fans of Friends of Sophia out there? 🎥🎬📽️🎞️ #film
I’m just getting out of an open mic that was such fire! It was held online and included poetry, and visual art. I think because of the people the entire evening had a theme and was connective and beautiful and affirmative. Disability justice as an aesthetic is so productive. ♿️
This administration is full of wordsmiths. They take our language to the anvil to craft acceptable descriptions for unacceptable actions. I prefer a despotism that does not try to gaslight me with vocabulary.
Honestly this is how I feel every time I go to the library. Libraries are sites of power and quiet solace. Libraries have connectivity and resources. Libraries got books y’all! I love a library. Library makes me wanna dance. #literacy #library #books
So instead of socialism they’re giving us “state managed capitalism”
This video shows why bystander training is so necessary. I believe the person who recorded this incident saved this black man’s life. I also respect the fact that he’s a lawyer and was able to narrate what was actually happening so they weren’t able to create a false narrative to criminalize him
Why Mask? #whymask #maskup ♿️
Listen to @joyannreid.bsky.social share #nikolehannahjones sharing accurate context and history about what actually happened. #jillianmichaels imo was spelling white supremacist is talking points that are against reality and humanity. This video is a tonic to that poison www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6XfA5GJ/
THINK! It’s ain’t Illegal… yet. Music! youtu.be/rouKtoOISUY?...
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In today’s liberation, we discussed things brought up by this awesome James Baldwin, essay on being white and other lies www.fredjoiner.com/wp-content/u...
This makes me think I should stop using @ubereats.bsky.social I don’t want people getting arrested because I get food delivered. Unless that corporation can guarantee driver safety I don’t feel right spending my money there. Thanks ICE!
Afenis linktree linktr.ee/Factsandfire
Thinking about liberation and narrative this is what came up. I love the design of this website. It communicates its ideas so well! www.reparationsnarrativelab.org
Listen to these liberating ideas from Afeni www.blackagendareport.com
#freeafeni read more here www.wusa9.com/article/news...
This sketch features an amazing twist at the end. It’s a slow burn and worth the payoff at the end
We read Afeni’s essay this morning in the liberation meditation. Those fools never should’ve arrested her. We are increasing their power tenfold. Let’s keep healing everyone!
A delightful vibe #music
It feels like a racket because the post said we’re showing you how many people could potentially see this post if you pay more money for it. But we already have over 700 followers. And they want us to pay for it to be seen by up to 600 people. WTF? Bait and switch much?
I posted something on Instagram and it immediately asked me to pay the money so I could boost my post. What is the point of using a service if it will not deliver my messages to the people who are following me? I shouldn’t have to pay for the people who are following to see the post
She actually made us do an entire live stream where she did a formal PowerPoint presentation on her entire theory of how time travel shenanigans in various Star Trek shows actually explain all of the canon inconsistencies, and I low-key loved it.
We discuss how art can save lives, and the importance of performance and creativity in social justice w/ @callingupjustice.bsky.social. https://www.momsrising.org/bt28jul25/?source=bsky
I wonder why Republican leaders would decide to not spend public tax dollars on the thing the community needed? I wonder if it’s because they want to keep that money for themselves. It is around $2 million. Mississippi Goddamn.
OK now to discuss narrative and social power in our EarlyWords liberation meditation this morning! nonprofitquarterly.org/using-narrat...
45% of Microsoft 10 users will not be able to upgrade because their device will not allow it. This is Microsoft turning our devices into bricks remotely. www.courthousenews.com/microsoft-su...
I’ll be discussing later today on a live stream how tech billionaires are grifting us! We’re often talking about how the social media sites are designed in ways to trick us. But let’s also look at different parts of their business model like discontinuing programs that force you to buy new devices
This morning‘s liberation meditation will be on the topic of narrative and social power. I was thinking though about sovereignty so I will have to do a live stream later today for FollowersForever.net
On our live stream we’ve been calling this character Yung Scotty because how is he so young? Like the usefulness, the freshness? It’s a weird thing to think that ALL of the bridge officers on TOS started as ensigns around the same time? My sister says blame time travel
Supremacy culture mythology are that white men have a track record of running things well, billionaires are necessary, marginalized classes are not the source of everything valuable in our culture. The stories and mythology make it hard for us to do better for ourselves as an entire society
What is a ridiculous story that has been forced on you by the ruling class? What storage did they tell to make you buy something, or sell yourself out?
Supremacy culture depends on mythologies. This nation runs on stories and is believing in them. The media repeats these stories and regular people manufacture consent style repeat them like it’s common sense and not ridiculous storytelling forced on us by the ruling class.
Check out these based recipes! They’d be awesome to try out at the music festival. If you know, you know. www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6uxSnVx/
In today’s liberation meditation we discussed validation versus liberation medium.com/@v4mpse/vali...
Micro-identities Won’t Save Us: The Illusion of Liberation Online www.politicalpandora.com/post/micro-i...
“Your church got hijacked to make you fear socialism more than sin”
Is Instagram trying to dox it’s most vulnerable users? They send my videos to people who send me death threats. Why do they have the function for those people to know where I live? Wild Work!
Oligopoly! Learning vocabulary is so fun! www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6aj2Jf5/
Did we just spend $200,000 to incinerate $800,000 worth of food because we wanted to make sure some people start to death? Is this the efficiency?
Art! Protest! #hiroshima #disneyland #smallworld www.tiktok.com/t/ZT65bVdwM/
I’m concerned about my social media being Balkanized
In a cool conversation today a colleague use the word miss recognition. I didn’t recognize it. But then I looked it up and I realized it comes from Jacques Lacan. And I hated Lacan so much. Apparently I rejected the concept so hard-core I forgotten them completely. Lol
Are we slaves? www.tiktok.com/t/ZT65Dfx1W/
This is the type of music analysis I’m here for! www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6PVNEaC/
We read the first half of this amazing essay from the national library of medicine on Epistemic oppression, resistance, and resurgence. Will be the second half of this in tomorrow’s liberation meditation. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
In today’s Liberation Meditation we continued thinking about epistemic liberation, epistemicide, and epidemic oppression. This essay is on the white privilege of avoiding bad news. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/the-white-...
More info on epistemic liberation! lifestyle.sustainability-directory.com/term/epistem...
How can you help Texas? www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6fNyPV6/
Buy Back the Block #blacksky www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6f847GJ/
This is why we need followersforever.net
This is why I’m not heavily invested in YouTube as a publishing platform. We need disintermediation platforms to allow us to not be censored and silenced on behalf of corporate collusion with genocidal empire. @qasimrashid.com has a great podcast. www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6DVmptg/
What a great article! I really loved this!
Excited for my first essay w/ @HowlRound, getting nerdy about my digital performance research & how that can have positive real-world impact. Huge thanks to @callingupjustice.bsky.social & Vijay Mathew for their significant interview contributions & incredible work. howlround.com/seize-means-...
The Office of Ethical & Humane Use www.salesforce.com/company/resp...
AI & Human Rights @ Salesforce | Formerly @ Google, UN and AKDN www.linkedin.com/in/snaimi/
I really enjoy these lectures that take place in the women in AI Ethics space. I’m thinking deeply about human rights and how indigenous people can ethically engage with this technology or we’re accurately how the industry can ethically engage with the people so they can have access to the tech
Trans people’s literal existence in dangers the logic of patriarchy. Justifying in equitable distribution of labor and resources is necessary for supremacy culture. Supremacist would prefer women don’t play sports at all but will settle for making sure trans people don’t get to
I just had a lightbulb moment. Gender segregation and sports was never about creating safety or equity. It was always about placating the insecurity of white male power. The only reason we have a girls team is because when women 1 is interrupted the logic of patriarchy.
Bad Tina!
OMG. Epic. I was not actually vague posting the United States. This was one of the few observations that was not political but interpersonal. But now that you say it! It’s reminding me of the South Park episode 😂
Sheriff TK Waters acknowledges the ugly use of force against William McNeill Jr but says “just because force is ugly does not mean it is unlawful“ and I would counter -just because something isn’t against the law doesn’t make it right. Slavery wasn’t unlawful for a very long time.
I enjoy Strange New Worlds so much. The show needs more episodes a season! It’s awesome how every episode is satisfying on its own but also is tying back to other episodes for a larger mythology build. #startrek #strangenewworlds
This is a chill comic I really like to read called nugget and flip. I need to find them on another platform! www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6rbSaMx/
Join the 60 hour Medicaid Vigil! callingupjustice.com/protect-medi...
RIP Malcom Jamal Warner. variety.com/2025/tv/news...
The Fourth Estate is sold out.
Mayor's Disability Council www.sf.gov/departments-...
Office on Disability and Accessibility (ODA) www.sfhsa.org/office-disab...
Informed Consent is the only type of consent that is real. AmIRight?
A man with nothing to lose will help you lose everything. Be discerning.
#Superman is a firefighter not a cop
Claudia Alick helps define the difference between a gaitor and a mask. One is for public and personal safety and the other one is for personal comfort and public intimidation. #maskup